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<blockquote data-quote="minuteman62-64" data-source="post: 366788" data-attributes="member: 15157"><p>Now getting to the time where I'm actually spending more time using my boat than working on it. Since I might be out after dark, as shorter days approach, I'm looking at installing navigation lights.</p><p></p><p> My understanding is that for my boat, 15'-6" aluminum skiff w/outboard, I need one of those red/green lights on the bow and an "all around" white light on the stern. Previous owner had removable pole lights - a 10" long red/green one for the bow and a 24" long white one for the stern. That would work great for me, since they'd be easy to stow away.</p><p></p><p> My question is regarding how high the lights have to be. Based on my reading, the stern "all around" light has to be 1 meter (about 40") higher than the bow light. So, my boat has a high bow, 19" higher than the stern quarter where the all around light would mount. If I use a 10" pole light on the bow (as did the PO), to have the stern light 1 meter higher it needs to be 10" + 19" + 40" high?????? Does that make sense? I haven't seen any boats the size of mine motoring around with a light on a 70" high pole. I might as well put a sail on it and use it for emergency propulsion.</p><p></p><p> Am I reading the regs. correctly?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="minuteman62-64, post: 366788, member: 15157"] Now getting to the time where I'm actually spending more time using my boat than working on it. Since I might be out after dark, as shorter days approach, I'm looking at installing navigation lights. My understanding is that for my boat, 15'-6" aluminum skiff w/outboard, I need one of those red/green lights on the bow and an "all around" white light on the stern. Previous owner had removable pole lights - a 10" long red/green one for the bow and a 24" long white one for the stern. That would work great for me, since they'd be easy to stow away. My question is regarding how high the lights have to be. Based on my reading, the stern "all around" light has to be 1 meter (about 40") higher than the bow light. So, my boat has a high bow, 19" higher than the stern quarter where the all around light would mount. If I use a 10" pole light on the bow (as did the PO), to have the stern light 1 meter higher it needs to be 10" + 19" + 40" high?????? Does that make sense? I haven't seen any boats the size of mine motoring around with a light on a 70" high pole. I might as well put a sail on it and use it for emergency propulsion. Am I reading the regs. correctly? [/QUOTE]
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